High school softball roundup

Bethel and Dale each won three games at the Harrah Tournament on Thursday, setting up a semifinal meeting on Friday.

Bethel softball wins three at Harrah Tournament

The Bethel Lady Wildcats run-ruled all three of their opponents in the first day of the Harrah Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament on Thursday.

The Lady Wildcats (16-4) downed Luther 16-2, Meeker 12-0 and Harrah 12-1, the first two games in three innings.

Montana Price went 3-for-3 with six RBIs in the win over Luther, including three-run home run in the first inning and a double and a triple. Price had three more hits and three more RBIs in the other two wins.

Bry Flanagan had home runs against Harrah and Meeker, finishing the day with eight RBIs.

Riley Steward also had a home run against Harrah, as well as four RBIs in the other two games, finishing with five hits on the day.

Other Lady Wildcats with multiple hits included Ashley Elmore, who had four hits, Rachel Wade with three and Mikayla Witten, Shelby Miller and Zoe Raymer with two each.

Bethel will meet Dale in the semifinals at 12:30 p.m. on Friday.

Dale softball wins 3 at Harrah tournament

HARRAH — Dale rebounded from a so-so effort in its first game of the day for a good overall performance Thursday at the Harrah Tournament.

After whipping Newcastle 6-0, Dale toppled Lexington 12-0 and Byng 21-7 to run its record to 16-5.

Five of Dale’s opening-game runs were unearned as the result of seven Newcastle errors.

Dale had just six hits, including Reagan Holt’s home run to left field to lead off the game. The contest was stopped after six innings on a time-limit rule.

In the four-inning run-rule matchup with Lexington, Dale reeled off seven runs in the bottom the first and finished with 16 hits.